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Two Shopmade Router Subbases
October 25, 2005

In the woodworking shop at Edinboro State College, we've developed two router subbases that do away with much of the trauma associated with routing dadoes across wide boards and grooving…
Bandsaw Rip Fence Adjusts for Drift
October 25, 2005

Those who use the bandsaw for ripping and resawing know that each blade has its own line of cut, which is rarely parallel to the fence. This shopmade rip fence…
Poor Boy Radial-Arm Saw
October 25, 2005

For crosscutting long boards and making miter cuts, this shopmade saw guide is accurate, portable, easy to use and economical to build. The guide is simply an angle-iron and plywood…
Routing Dovetail Slots for Shaker Tablelegs
October 25, 2005

Although the Shaker pedestal table design has been around for 150 years, its clean lines have a contemporary feel. Inexpensive to build, the table requires only six wooden parts and…
Shopmade Tool Rests
October 25, 2005

NEEDS COPY
T-Square Router Guide
October 25, 2005

Needs Copy
Routing European-Hinge Mortises
October 25, 2005

Several years ago, I remodeled my kitchen and painstakingly arrived at many of the details presented in Bill Pfeiffer's European-style cabinets article (Fine Woodworking #43). I have neither a drill…
Turning without a Lathe
October 25, 2005

If you've got a 4-ft. post to turn and only a 3-ft. bed on your lathe, the drawing shows a way out of the dilemma. Bandsaw or tablesaw the blank…
Bowlturning Chuck
October 25, 2005

I make bowls by turning the top and inside first, then reversing the blank and turning the bottom. This lets me use a standard faceplate for the heavy roughing-out and…
Foam Faceplate for Turning Bowl Feet
October 25, 2005

One common method of chucking a bowl blank in a lathe is to use glue and paper to attach a waste piece to the bottom of the blank, then screw…

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